Alexia Căruțașu
Aleksia Karutasu (Turkified name from the Romanian original "Alexia Ioana Căruțașu", born 10 June 2003) is a Turkish professional volleyball player who currently plays for VakıfBank Istanbul.
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| Full name | Aleksia Karutasu | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish Romanian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 2003 Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 3.00 m (118 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 2.77 m (109 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | VakıfBank S.K. | ||||||||||||||
| Number | n/a | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Career edit
She competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, where Romania ranked sixth. She also competed at the 2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship, where the Romanian team placed fifth.[1]
Karutasu is the youngest debutant (13 Years, 4 Months) in the Divizia A1 history. She made her Romanian top-flight debut with CSM București in October 2016, coming on as a substitute against CSM Volei Alba Blaj.[2]
Galatasaray edit
On 14 May 2021 she signed a contract with Galatasaray.[3]
Achievements edit
- Divizia A1:
- Winner: 2018
- Cupa României:
- Winner: 2018
- CEV Challenge Cup:
- Winner: 2021
- European Youth Olympic Festival:
- Silver Medalist: 2019
Individual awards edit
- Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year: 2021[4]
- CEV Challenge Cup Top Scorer (128 points): 2021[5]
Personal life edit
Karutasu's parents Andreea and Virgil Căruțașu were both basketball players.[6] She speaks some Turkish and in December 2021 got Turkish citizenship.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Competition". cev.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ Performanță incredibilă reușită de o sportivă din România! A debutat în prima divizie de volei la doar 13 ani și 4 luni
- ^ "Alexia Ioana Carutasu Galatasaray'da". galatasaray.org (in Turkish). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Yılın voleybolcusu Alexia!
- ^ Sistem9 Yesilyurt ISTANBUL triumph at #CEVChallengeCupW
- ^ VIDEO Povestea Aleksia Karutasu: la 16 ani a fost transferată de campioana Europei » „Vreau să joc până când nu voi mai putea sări”. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian)
- ^ Aleksia Karutasu Yanıtladı! Türk Pasaportu, İdolü, Hedefleri... | Set Sayısı (28.12.2021) (In Turkish), retrieved 2022-01-10
External links edit
- CEV profile
- The Next Big Thing in Volleyball: Aleksia Karutasu